Method of forming joints for intersecting wires or rods.



No. 707,352. Patented Aug. l9, I902.

J. c. & w. J. POPE. METHOD OF FORMING -J0INTS F0R INTEBSECTING WIRES 0R RODS.

. (Application filed Feb. 5, 1901.

(No Model.)

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JOHN C. POPE AND WILLIE J. POPE, OF PLANO, ILLINOIS.

METHOD OF FORMING JOINTS FOR INTERSECTING WIRES R RODS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 707,352, dated August 19, 1902.

Application filed February 8, 1901. Serial No. 46,548. (No model.)

To all whom may concern:

Be it known that we,JOHN O. POPE and WIL- LIE J. POPE, citizens of the United States,re-'

' siding at Piano, in the county of Kendall and 5 State of Illinois,'have invented a new anduseful Method of Forming Joints for Intersectiug Wires or Rods, of which the following is aspeciflcation. V This invention relates to a method of form-' IO ing joints for intersecting wires, rods, and

Within a flask inclosing'aremovable chill,-

flowing molten metal within" the chill and around the said elements, removing the flask from the chill, and then supplying it with another chill and repeating the operation.

The invention consists',further,'in the'novel steps of the procedure, as will be hereinafter fully described and claimed.

In the acompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and in Whichlike numerals of reference indicate corresponding parts,there is illustrated a combined flask and chill adapted for carrying the procedure into effect, it being understood that the invention is not to be limited to the'precise form'of apparatus illustrated, and in these drawings Figure 1 is a view in perspective 'of a com- 40 bined flask and chill, the parts of theflask being open. Fig. 2 is a similariview showing one-half of a combined flask and chill in dotted lines and exhibiting a finished joint. Fig.

3 is a vertical longitudinal section through the flask and chill and-showing the joint in sizfu. Fig. 4 is a detail View in perspective of a completed joint.

In carrying the inventioninto effect a twopart moldis employedv comprising .two mem- 5o bers 1 and 2, suitably connected, as by a pivot, one of the members carrying a revoluble clamp or catch 3 to engage the other member to hold the parts closed and firmly secured uponthe intersecting wires to be joined. The

opposedfaces of the flask members are provided at their corners with diagonally-dis posed grooves 4, adapted when the members are'closed to register and to be engaged by the wires or rods 5 to be united. Each fastening member is provided with a cavity 6, in thislinstance shown rectangular, in which are placedthe chill members 7, the opposed faces of which lie flush with those of the flask-sections and are provided with depressions 8, bearing the design of the rosette or joint to be cast around the intersecting wires 5. The

chill, as usual, is made of metal and operates in the well-known manner quickly to cool the molten metal employed for the joint, thereby rendering it unnecessary to leave the flask positioned upon the wires for any length of time, whereby the formation of the joints will be facilitated. Each. flask-section and each chill-section is provided with a gate 9, through which the molten metal enters the chill and incloses the intersecting wires. The

chill-sections are-also provided with diagonally-disposed grooves 10, which aline with those of the flask members, and thereby 0perate firmly to hold the flaskvassociated with the Wires.

The manner of carrying the method into effect will be obvious. The flask being clamped around the intersecting wires or rods, as shown in Fig. 2, molten metal is poured into the gate and enters the chill, inclosing the intersecting portions of the wires by a button or rosette 11 of any desired exterior ornamentation. As soon as the molten metal contacts with the faces of the chill it is immediately cooled, and the flask may then be removed, dipped in water, if necessary, and

then positioned on other intersecting wires.

The advantage arising from the employment of a flask provided with a chill in the manufacture of fences, gates, and the like is that the formation of the joints is facilitated and time is saved in the procedure. Of course it will be understood that a-number of these chill-carrying flasks may be provided, so that as soon as one has'been used and removedit may be laidaside and allowed to cool while another is employed.

Another and salient advantage accruing from the form of flask described is that the joints of intersecting Wires forming close meshes can be rapidly formed, for the reason that after a joint is cast the flask may be removed, leaving only a small chill on the joint, which will not interfere with the casting of an adjacent joint, Whereas if the flask were of the ordinary character time would be wasted in waiting for one joint to cool before another one is formed, for the reason that two or more flasks could not be secured to the wires of one mesh at the same time.

Having thus fully described our invention, what we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

The herein-described method of casting joints and immediately using the flask for further casting, which consists in disposing the elements to be joined Within a flask inclosing a removable chill, flowing molten metal within the chill and around the said elements, removing the flask from the chill and then supplying it with another chill and repeating the operation.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own we have hereto affixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

JOHN C. POPE.

WILLIE J. POPE.

Witnesses: 1

A. T. SALTZGIVER, B. HARP. 

